Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) reached end-of-life on July 19, 2018.
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Specifically, the screen blacks out, appears for half a second upside- down, then blacks out again before returning. It corresponds very closely to the following errors found initially in syslog: otto@computer:~$ journalctl /usr/bin/gnome-shell -f -o cat Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 73 with keysym 73 (keycode 27). Failed to apply DRM plane transform 0: Permission denied Failed to read EDID from 'eDP-1': No such file or directory Failed to read EDID from 'eDP-1': No such file or directory Failed to read EDID from 'eDP-1': No such file or directory WARNING: addSignalMethods is replacing existing [0x55ddb578d5c0 Gjs_ShowAppsIcon.dash-item-container] connect method WARNING: addSignalMethods is replacing existing [0x55ddb578d5c0 Gjs_ShowAppsIcon.dash-item-container] disconnect method WARNING: addSignalMethods is replacing existing [0x55ddb578d5c0 Gjs_ShowAppsIcon.dash-item-container] emit method ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Feb 19 15:31:08 2018 DistUpgraded: 2018-02-19 11:42:52,000 ERROR Bad upgrade: 'yakkety' != 'zesty' DistroCodename: artful DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 [8086:5916] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company HD Graphics 620 [103c:81d2] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-11 (465 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) LightdmDisplayLog: (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file. Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b56d Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: HP HP ENVY Notebook MonitorsUser.xml: <monitors version="2"> </monitors> ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-32-generic root=UUID=c0b32388-dd3d-4fdd-9490-e2de1250484f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2018-02-19 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/08/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.21 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 81D2 dmi.board.vendor: HP dmi.board.version: KBC Version 87.13 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: HP dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.21:bd07/08/2016:svnHP:pnHPENVYNotebook:pvrType1ProductConfigId:rvnHP:rn81D2:rvrKBCVersion87.13:cvnHP:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP S=ENV dmi.product.name: HP ENVY Notebook dmi.product.version: Type1ProductConfigId dmi.sys.vendor: HP version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~17.10.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~17.10.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.5-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 xserver.bootTime: Mon Feb 19 12:08:47 2018 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1 xserver.video_driver: modeset To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1750396/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp